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@ Zippy Of The Day: http://www.sfgate.com/sf/zippy/
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# `WISH MACHINE' MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE. PALM SPRINGS, CA. (Wireless Flash)
A Palm Springs man claims to have invented an electronic device that makes
wishes come true. Inventor Thor Templar says his "Tachyon Thoughtform
Generator Wish Machine" electronically senses brain waves and turns them
into reality with the help of a headband and two copper handles. Selling
for $700 each: http://www.globetrax.com/globedaily/content/111099_04.html
: Can you make dreams come true? Do you have any detectable brain waves? Do
Templar's dreams of riches have a possibility of becoming manifestly real?
@ Paraphernalia, memorabilia, information: http://www.anotheruniverse.com/
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# Oklahoma texts to carry disclaimer. TULSA (AP) An obscure state committee
has voted to require that all new biology textbooks contain a disclaimer
saying evolution is a "controversial theory" after one member said not
enough attention is paid to alternate explanations of how life began.
School districts may purchase only books approved by the committee. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562018586-adc
: Have OK bureaucrats the slightest conception of what a scientific theory
is? Do "alternate explanations" have the slightest shreds of evidentiary
support? Does your belief sytem value fantasy/dogma over verifiable reality?
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@ Physical FORCE - What It REALLY IS! Most orthodox physicists do NOT know
what force REALLY IS. The best they can do is define it in terms of what
it DOES. But according to a GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of physical Reality
developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson, each force is a MOTION,
or a COMBINATION OF MOTIONS, or a RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOTIONS, including
INWARD & OUTWARD SCALAR MOTIONS, as TRANSLATIONAL, VIBRATIONAL, ROTA-
TIONAL, or ROTATIONAL-VIBRATIONAL motions. http://www.randomc.com/~rs
: Are you forceful? Do you rotate? Do aliens push you around in circles? Do
you have a really neat Theory? Does everyone ignore you, the fools?!?!?!?!?
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# Study may shed light on planets. (AP) - Scientists say a loosely packed
asteroid with the consistency of a melting snowman may help explain how
planets formed in the early solar system: by gobbling up other objects.
Mathilde: http://infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562016474-787
# Move Over Mars - Europa Needs Equal Billing. Europa, a moon of Jupiter,
appears to have vast quantities of liquid water below its icy surface,
making this world a top candidate in the search for exobiology -- life
beyond Earth. The National Research Council recommended to NASA that
Europa be given equal priority to future exploration of Mars. Coming:
http://www.space.com/news/planetarymissions/europa_story_991109.html
: What's your favorite planet/oid? Do you grow by gobbling up other objects
just like Mathilde? Do you have vast quantities of water under your surface?
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SkeptiLinks:
# Cylinder UFO Reports: http://www.caus.org/mu111199.htm
# UFO Crash In 1865 - Craft Wreckage Still There?
http://www.sightings.com/ufo5/crashwreck.htm
# Catholics successfully pray topless bar away - the place will soon
become a library. http://detnews.com/1999/metro/9911/11/11110080.htm
# Malaysia parliament to be dissolved - dumped in sulfuric acid bath:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562015065-c32
# Pastor: I BURNED THE CHURCH TO UNIFY MY PARISHIONERS. Nothing brings
a religious community together like a nice construction project, eh?
Or a topless bar: http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/B5xharris11.html
# CDC: Pesticide may have been cause. Malathion sprayed over two Florida
towns to kill crop-eating MedFlies may have sickened 123 people last
year: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562017063-6d9
# SAME DRUGS CHEAPER FOR PETS THAN PEOPLE - redefine yourself as a
dog, save money: http://cnn.com/HEALTH/9911/09/health.drugs.reut/
# Pope's health raises questions - Death provides the answers:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562024385-54e
@ Why them? Falling in love remains a mystery, even in the harsh light of
scientific analysis: http://www.sfbg.com/lit/october99/reviews/cupid.html
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# Genetic Ethnically-Specific BioWeapons Coming. NEW DELHI - Biological
weapons that would attack one ethnic group but leave others untouched
may be available within 10 years. While the potential benefits of mapping
the human genome have been well publicised, the British Medical Assn's
latest book "Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity" provides evidence that
"genetic research creates the means of mass destruction of a horrifying
nature." Git them gooks: http://www.expressindia.com/news/31411399.htm
: What ethnic groups would you like to attack, immobilize, eradicate? Would
you mind if your ethnic group was eradicated? Will the rest of us miss you?
@ It says little for free inquiry in higher education when an anti-racist
college teacher in the midst of teaching an anti-racist lesson gets fired
for racism: http://salonmagazine.com/books/it/1999/11/08/nword/print.html
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Bruce H.G. Calder's THIS DAY IN HISTORY: November 11, 1947. -USSR- Foreign
Minister Molotov announces that the atomic bomb secret has "long ceased to
exist," leading to US predictions that the USSR will develop "The Bomb"
within three years. A Paris newspaper prints an unconfirmed report that the
USSR detonated its first atomic bomb in Siberia on June 15 of 1947.
@ The Science and History of the Cold War:
http://tennessean.com/sii/longterm/oakridge/part3/stories/timeline.shtml
@ Time Line of the Cold War: http://www.sd83.bc.ca/stu/9701/w3tce3.htm
@ Chronology of Russian History - The Soviet Period:
http://bucknell.edu/departments/russian/chrono3.html
: Do you prefer hot wars, cold wars, cyber wars, bio wars, econo wars, sex
wars, robot wars, holy wars, alien wars? Does war have a moral equivalent?
# 'Third man' atom spy dies. (BBC) The US spy who helped Soviet Russia
develop the atomic bomb has died at his home in England. RIP Ted Hall:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_515000/515529.stm
# California unseals communist papers - witch-hunt history:
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562019034-31d
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"In [some] species, sex can be a literally explosive affair. A male honey-
bee selected by the queen for a royal dalliance consummates his sex life
and the rest of his life at the same time, when his genitals explode
within the queen's body. She goes on to live the life of a queen - that
is, as a pampered egg-laying machine - and he doesn't go on to anything."
--Howard Rheingold, INSECT EROTICA: Why Have Sex At All? in
EXCURSIONS TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE MIND [Wm.Morrow, 1988]
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